Whatever to say, Poland has changed within a month beyond recognition. Unbelievable unity all over the country, from the left to the right. The unity that only a totally mental man could believe it a few weeks ago.
All those PC parties that were so kowtowing to Moscow, just like the currently ruling Civil Platform and the vast majority of the mass media, now speak with one hard voice. One of them used such a comparison, “When somebody wants to open the window because it’s too hot inside while somebody else wants to close that window because he feels cold in there, the wrangle is inevitable. However, if somebody else comes from the outside and tries to blow up our house, the entire former argument about the window becomes pointless and even ridiculous.”
Lots of young boys come to military offices to volunteer for the army, to enroll and stand up for the country, although there's no draft now. I can quote a 20-year-old student of the University of Poznan I saw on the main Polish news channel. He said, "I like drinking wine with friends and bopping at parties, but when I hear and see that Western response full of disgusting hypocrisy, I cannot take it anymore. The EU and the NATO have such powerful armies and other weapons that could stop Putin’s at will. However, they will sell Ukraine as soon as the scream in the media subsides, just like they sold Czechoslovakia to Hitler before WWII. That's why I’m here, just because I cannot imagine being elsewhere now.”
But, on the other hand, there's also a gloomy broad feeling that if it comes to the crunch, Poland will be left alone as usual, just like in 1939 :(
Sadly, I think you're right, despite being a part of NATO. As far as Crimea, I will allow Putin that one...kind of like allowing Hitler the Rhineland...but if he makes more moves, then it will be time to do something, and of course, Poland will respond if Western Ukraine (Galicia) is threatened.
Exactly. We let Poland hang for 50 years because of Roosevelt and the Democrats. If Russia invades Poland, I'll go over.
There is also a lot of Polish black humor like “we are laughing now, I’m sure people were saying the same in 1939” — Poles are fatalistic, but as you said, strangely united now.